The Download: selling via AI, and Congress testing tech
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world ...
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Advanced Time Intelligence in DAX with Performance in Mind
We all know the usual Time Intelligence function based on years, quarters, months, and days. But sometimes, we need to perform ...
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Russia-aligned hackers are targeting Signal users with device-linking QR codes
Signal, as an encrypted messaging app and protocol, remains relatively secure. But Signal’s growing popularity as a tool to circumvent ...
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Xbox Pushes Ahead With Muse, a New Generative AI Model. Devs Say ‘Nobody Will Want This’
Microsoft is wading deeper into generative artificial intelligence for gaming with Muse, a new AI model announced today. The model, ...
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A new Microsoft chip could lead to more stable quantum computers
Microsoft has been on a quest to synthesize this state, called a Majorana fermion, in the form of quasiparticles. The ...
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iPhone 16E: all the news on Apple’s new $599 phone
iPhone 16E back view Apple has announced an update to the iPhone SE, but this time around, it’s called the ...
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There’s No Longer a Sub-$500 iPhone. Does It Matter?
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Then there’s the Dynamic Island on the iPhone 15, which is baked into the floating selfie camera bar. It makes ...
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Trump Orders Musk to Get Air Force One Finished Quickly, Even If It Isn’t Fully Safe Yet
What’s the worst that could happen? President Donald Trump is running out of patience with Boeing, which was supposed to ...
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USDS Engineering Director Resigns: ‘This Is Not the Mission I Came to Serve’
The director of data science and engineering for the United States Digital Service—which Elon Musk rebranded as the US DOGE ...
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This social media shift could be the opportunity you’ve been waiting for
Tim Robberts/Getty Images I’m officially convinced we are living in the weirdest timeline. 🤨 Let me explain. A few weeks ...
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